diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
index 85a6686..5112f88 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -504,19 +504,19 @@ static int sysfs_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 	struct sysfs_dirent * parent_sd = dentry->d_fsdata;
 	struct sysfs_dirent *cursor = filp->private_data;
 	struct list_head *p, *q = &cursor->s_sibling;
-	ino_t ino;
+	unsigned long ino;
 	int i = filp->f_pos;
 
 	switch (i) {
 		case 0:
-			ino = dentry->d_inode->i_ino;
+			ino = (unsigned long)parent_sd;
 			if (filldir(dirent, ".", 1, i, ino, DT_DIR) < 0)
 				break;
 			filp->f_pos++;
 			i++;
 			/* fallthrough */
 		case 1:
-			ino = parent_ino(dentry);
+			ino = (unsigned long)dentry->d_parent->d_fsdata;
 			if (filldir(dirent, "..", 2, i, ino, DT_DIR) < 0)
 				break;
 			filp->f_pos++;
@@ -538,10 +538,7 @@ static int sysfs_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 
 				name = sysfs_get_name(next);
 				len = strlen(name);
-				if (next->s_dentry)
-					ino = next->s_dentry->d_inode->i_ino;
-				else
-					ino = iunique(sysfs_sb, 2);
+				ino = (unsigned long)next;
 
 				if (filldir(dirent, name, len, filp->f_pos, ino,
 						 dt_type(next)) < 0)
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/inode.c b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
index 4de5c6b..b8b010c 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/inode.c
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ struct inode * sysfs_new_inode(mode_t mode, struct sysfs_dirent * sd)
 		inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &sysfs_aops;
 		inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &sysfs_backing_dev_info;
 		inode->i_op = &sysfs_inode_operations;
+		inode->i_ino = (unsigned long)sd;
 		lockdep_set_class(&inode->i_mutex, &sysfs_inode_imutex_key);
 
 		if (sd->s_iattr) {
-- 
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